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2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 33
February 10, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives OLDENBURG, PRONSCHINSKE,
BALDEH, BEHNKE, DONOVAN, DUCHOW, GUNDRUM, MOSES, MURPHY, MURSAU,
SAPIK, SPIROS, VANDERMEER and SHANKLAND, cosponsored by Senators JAMES,
BALLWEG, CARPENTER, FEYEN and WANGGAARD. Referred to Committee on
Transportation.
1 AN ACT to create 341.08 (2) (aj) and 343.177 of the statutes; relating to:
2 emergency contact records maintained by the Department of Transportation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires the Department of Transportation to inquire whether an
applicant for an operator's license or vehicle registration wants to provide specified
emergency contact information to DOT. If an applicant provides emergency contact
information, DOT must record that information in DOT's file for the applicant. DOT
must provide a method for a law enforcement agency that identifies a person to
electronically request and automatically receive the emergency contact information
recorded in the person's file.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
3 SECTION 1. 341.08 (2) (aj) of the statutes is created to read:
4 341.08 (2) (aj) A place for the applicant to provide emergency contact
5 information, which shall include the emergency contact's full name, date of birth,
6 residential address, phone number, and relationship to the applicant, and a
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1 statement that a form on which the applicant may provide emergency contact
2 information is available on the department's Internet site and at local examining
3 centers.
4 SECTION 2. 343.177 of the statutes is created to read:
5 343.177 Emergency contact information. As part of every application for
6 an original, duplicate, reinstated, reissued, or renewal license or endorsement, the
7 department shall inquire whether the applicant wants to provide emergency contact
8 information, which shall include the emergency contact's full name, date of birth,
9 residential address, phone number, and relationship to the applicant. The
10 department shall make available on its Internet site and at each local examining
11 center a separate form on which an applicant may provide emergency contact
12 information. If an applicant provides emergency contact information under this
13 section or under s. 341.08 (2) (aj), the department shall record the information in its
14 file for the person. The department shall provide a method for a law enforcement
15 agency, as defined in s. 165.83 (1) (b), that reasonably identifies a person to
16 electronically request and automatically receive the information recorded in the
17 person's file under this section.
18 (END)